Creative Solutions Leader

**Vacancy No**

VN2170

**Location City**

London

**Location Country**

United Kingdom

**Job Title**: Creative Solutions Leader
**Reports to**:Head of Sales, London
**Department**: Channel 4 Sales
**Team**:Creative & Content Solutions Team
**Location**: London
**Level**: L1

**DEPARTMENT & TEAM DESCRIPTION**

**Creative & Content Solutions Team**

The Creative & Content Solutions Team, a fusion of the former Sponsorship & Commercial Partnerships team, Social Branded Ents team and the Creative Hub Team, has been strategically united under two distinct leaders - the Content Solutions Leader and the Creative Solutions Leader. These two leaders will have sub-teams who report to them, with clear functions and responsibilities. They will collaboratively oversee the comprehensive realm of Creative & Content Solutions. In close coordination with the Customer & Commercial Leaders, the duo will jointly set the agenda and manage the end-to-end process of conceptualising, designing, and delivering creative and content solutions. Their collective expertise in commercial drive, strategy, and creative specialisms will be harnessed to proactively enhance initiatives, ensuring a cohesive and innovative approach to meeting the diverse needs of our customers.

**Creative Solutions Team**

The team works closely with the Creative & Content Solutions Account team to ensure that brief-led responses for linear are managed appropriately and that proactive initiatives are brought to market. This team also sets the strategic direction and insight for the Social Branded Ents content team, working closely with commissioning teams to ensure all responses to briefs meet their creative standard.

The Strategy team will be responsible for triaging all briefs, working closely with both the Creative & Content Solutions Account and Content Solutions Social Branded Ents team to ensure clients are responded to appropriately. In turn, the Production and Project Teams will work closely with the Creative & Content Solutions Account team, the Creative Solutions team and the Social Branded Ents Content Team to ensure all projects are delivered in line with anticipated timelines, as set by the customer and the Snr Production and Project Leads, and meets the creative standard set by the Creative Solutions team.

**Content Solutions Team**

This team is charged with a multifaceted role: creating, managing, and successfully delivering comprehensive Content Solutions packages to the market.

Split into two distinct teams; the first team extends their remit across all facets of the Content Solutions Sponsorship package, encompassing elements such as IP usage, product placement, and licensing. Operating in close collaboration with the digital, social branded entertainment, and social sales teams, this team enhances the Content Solutions Sponsorship offering, serving as the primary designer of proposals. Beyond proposal creation, they retain a pivotal role as the primary sales interface for customers, proficiently presenting sponsorship packages and ensuring their seamless execution through diligent account management.

The second team comprising the Content Solutions team, is the Social Branded Ents team. This team works with agencies and clients to bring to market social advertiser programming and content, working closely with Digital Commissioning to bring to life thought-provoking, entertaining and challenging content which captures the essence of the brands and advertisers they work with.

The SBE Sales team's main objective is to partner with brands to tell stories that resonate with our audience and to drive revenue through the creation of advertiser-funded content. 4Studio has ambitious growth targets across the next 5 years; it is a key pillar of the Fast Forward strategy, focusing on digital growth and revenue diversification.

**JOB PURPOSE**

The Creative Solutions Leader will jointly oversee Creative and Content Solutions with the Content Solutions Leader to set the agenda and oversee the creation and delivery of content and creative solutions for our customers. They will work collaboratively to design and bring to market proactive initiatives, using the strategy and creative specialisms to enhance these initiatives.

The Leaders will embrace the value of collaboration and encourage a culture that prioritises working together for shared success, working across multiple teams, both within Sales and the wider organisation, to drive innovative and effective creative and content solutions for our customers. The Leaders recognise the significance of a unified customer view and champion customer service as a top priority. The Leaders will demonstrate a positive, can-do attitude and approach problem-solving creatively, leveraging internal and external networks for solutions. Cultivating a culture that celebrates saying yes and finding opportunities even in challenges. Collaboration is key between the two leaders, emphasising creativity and commerci